June 26, 2025

More than 17,000 Register for Free AI Empowerment Certificate

In May, the Smith School launched a free, online certificate program in Artificial Intelligence and Career Empowerment that has drawn more than 17,000 registrants.

Balaji Padmanabhan, director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Business, created the program with Smith Executive Education to benefit federal workers, but it is open to anyone looking for their next career opportunity. 

The program’s 10 self-paced modules are taught by top Smith faculty:

  1. AI Literacy, Capabilities, Building AI Systems: Balaji Padmanabhan
  2. The Marketing Revolution: Bobby Zhou and Yogesh Joshi
  3. AI and Organizations: Anil Gupta
  4. AI and Supply Chain: Suresh Acharya and Humberto Coronado
  5. Responsible AI: Margrét Bjarnadóttir
  6. AI in Financial Services: Tania Babina
  7. Being your own startup: Oliver Schlake
  8. Negotiating from a Position of Weakness: Rellie Derfler-Rozin and Vijaya Venkataramani
  9. Job Search in the Age of AI: Kim Rice DeGross
  10. The Road Ahead: Balaji Padmanabhan

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About the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business

The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and flex MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, business master’s, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.